Monthly Archives: July 2005
Internet Tax Debate Gets Stickier
Think its easy writing columns on tax policy?Think again.Which is what I should have done before I wrote last weeks column on Internet sales...
Patch Management: Stop Killing the Database to Save It
With all the recent public disclosures of data-privacy breaches, the spotlight is shining brightly on database security. Databases are clearly under direct attack from...
Making Money from Free Software
The last time around, I talked about how you could go broke from working on free software. Some people thought I was preaching doom...
OSDL Expands to Europe, But Not to Microsoft
Stuart Cohen, head of the OSDL, a global consortium dedicated to accelerating the adoption of Linux which employs Linus Torvalds and other leading Linux...
Apple Tops Its Quarterly Earnings Record
Apple Computer on Wednesday reported the financial results of its third fiscal quarter, characterizing the numbers as "the highest revenue and earnings in the...
Its Time Microsoft Patched Its Patch System
You almost have to pity Microsoft sometimes. While it sells the most popular computer OS, it is also one of the worst designed ones....
Watson Nudges Microsoft Partners Toward Vertical Vision
MINNEAPOLIS—At Microsofts Worldwide Partner Conference here, eWEEK senior editor Peter Galli and senior writer Renee Boucher Ferguson continue their conversation with Allison Watson, vice...
Speakers at E-Mail Summit Push Authentication, Reputation Tools
Representatives from 37 e-mail technology companies used a one-day Summit in New York on Tuesday to exhort private sector administrators and online marketers to...
Exploring the Cellular Frontier
Need a phone in Japan? The Vodafone counter at Tokyo Narita airport will sell you a phone with a prepaid card for around a...
Oracle-on-Microsoft Shops Face Double Patching Delight
Patching systems is always painful, but Tuesdays scenario of two major cumulative patch sets on the same day—from Oracle and Microsoft—is downright sadistic.
When will...